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Yeah if only. I sure wish my phone was powered by a proper GNU linux distro and not this locked down, proprietary blob ridden mess that Android has become.

At least in the old days of Android 9 I could use a call recorder.

Yes, I know there are open source true linux phones out there but their camera quality and usability is terrible, and without the ecosystem apps that I need on a daily basis, I might just as well use a flip phone.

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In addition to the phones you likely have in mind, postmarketOS aims to support old Android phones and such. Next time you get a new phone, you could try to port pmOS to your old one. That, or pick up a supported model to play with.

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

Until the Linux kernel isn't swiss, and Linux phones have secure boot, it's Graphene for me.

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